by Mary-Erin Casale | Jun 29, 2020 | Health Care, Women's Issues
AUGUSTA, ME – Speaker Sara Gideon released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that June Medical Services v. Russo, Louisiana’s abortion admitting privileges law, is unconstitutional: “Today, the Supreme Court upheld the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 13, 2020 | Health Care, Maine Legislature, Women's Issues
AUGUSTA – Speaker Sara Gideon today presented a LD 1613, “An Act Regarding Women’s Health and Economic Security,” before the Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services. Due to the withdrawal of statewide grantee Maine...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jan 22, 2020 | Health Care, Women's Issues
“Today, we remember and restate the guiding principle behind the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision: every person should be able to make their own choices about their bodies and their health. Despite this being the law for more than four decades, the rights...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jul 16, 2019 | Women's Issues
AUGUSTA – Today, Maine Family Planning announced that after nearly 50 years as Maine’s grantee for the Title X National Family Planning Program, it will withdraw from the program rather than comply with the Trump-Pence Gag Rule. The gag rule restricts how Title...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jun 10, 2019 | Health Care, Maine Legislature, Women's Issues
Governor Mills Signs Legislation to Increase Access to Critical Reproductive Health Care for Women (via the Office of Governor Janet T. Mills) AUGUSTA, MAINE –Governor Janet Mills today signed a bill to improve access to critical reproductive health care for women...
by Mary-Erin Casale | May 29, 2019 | Health Care, Maine Legislature, Women's Issues
LD 1261 is a Governor’s bill that would repeal a ban that prevents nurse practitioners from providing abortion services AUGUSTA – A bill sponsored by Speaker Sara Gideon to end an outdated ban on abortion care was enacted by the Maine Senate today and is now...
